Sunday, May 27, 2007

Cavs...Cavs...Cavs...

After losing two heartbreakers on the road (a hell of a lot better than the Bulls slaughters in Games 1 and 2 in their series), the Cavaliers get to come home to the friendly confines of The Coliseum the Quicken Loans Arena for two at home.&nbsp; People have been dissing the Cavs, saying they don't belong but they gave the number one seed in the Eastern Conference all they could handle, holding them to 79 points (twice) and losing by a total of 6 points.&nbsp;

Now it's time to come home and even the score.&nbsp; Should the Cavs hold home court, it's a 3-game series. No need to think about the closeness of Games 1 and 2.

I still think that LeBron did the right thing in Game 1 because he trusts histeammates.&nbsp; I always thought of him being more of a Magic Johnson thana Michael Jordan.&nbsp; Magic came in the league thinking team ball. He wasfortunate enough to have two clutch guys in James Worthy and KareemAbdul-Jabbar and contributors like Byron Scott and AC Green to dish to.

I think that Michael Jordan poisoned team basketball because hissuccess led owners to think that the could pay one superstar and abunch of role players.&nbsp; It's better to pay a few really, really goodplayers and have them build some chemistry.&nbsp; This is why the Cavs letCarlos Boozer go...and this is why Jim Paxson is no longer the GM.&nbsp;Drew Gooden is solid but imagine a Carlos Boozer given a looser rein toscore as he has shown he is capable of in Utah?&nbsp; He could have been the"Big Game James" to LeBron's "Magic" .&nbsp; Larry Hughes was supposed to bethat....Hughes isn't bad, just inconsistent.

The Cavs aren't pretty.&nbsp; LeBron isn't even pretty as much as the media would like.&nbsp; He likes team ball.&nbsp; He likes getting others involved.&nbsp; He cares about substance more than style.&nbsp; He and Mike Brown might have disagreements about that but they agree that winning ugly is more preferable than losing. Period.

Should the Cavs mount 8 more wins...nothing else will matter.&nbsp; The Larry O'Brien trophy will be here.&nbsp; No one can argue with that.&nbsp; I think they have a chance.&nbsp; Should the Cavs face San Antonio, we will see the Eastern Conference win the title for the third time in four years.&nbsp; Mike Brown knows Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and those guys (he used to work under Popovich).&nbsp; What Popovich doesn't know is LeBron and the hodge-podge that is the Cavaliers.&nbsp; Cavs in 5 in the Finals.&nbsp; You saw it here first...

2 comments:

I just read about how Daniel Gibson is the key for the Cav's to beat the Pistons. I think it's pretty cool that a second round draft pick is stepping up to the plate so well. It's fun when an unknown changes everything, in a good way, for their team.